ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, REVIEWS
Beat the deadline! On September 10, 2025, Wednesday, at 11:59 pm, the application window for the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival full-length category officially closes. With the largest production grants in Philippine festival history up for grabs, filmmakers must seize this chance to secure their place on the country’s fast-rising cinematic stage.
The competition is fierce for the top acting awards in this year’s Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival. The festival’s awarding body just released the official list of nominees for the festival’s acting awards, highlighting the cream of the crop in an already stacked lineup of performances.
Award-winning documentarist Baby Ruth Villarama released the teaser for her much-anticipated film Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea, her entry into the 2025 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival, and what seeks to be a strong contender for multiple awards at the country’s fastest-rising film fest.
The Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival will forthwith showcase directors and stars of varying experience and acclaim within the industry, with the star-studded 2025 edition highlighting the filmmaking domain’s rich reserves of talent.
With such a diverse lineup of filmmakers, the 2025 Puregold CinePanalo is primed to be another can’t-miss event for Philippine cinema. The completed films will be screened at Gateway Cineplex 18 from March 14 to 25, 2025.
The Philippine film industry is breathless with anticipation as the 2025 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival draws closer, promising another showcase of homegrown talent and compelling storytelling. Adding to the excitement, entries from the festival’s inaugural 2024 edition continue to garner international acclaim, earning coveted spots in prestigious global film festivals and shining a light on …
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By partnering with Terminal Six Post (T6), a well-known name in the industry of post-production for delivering exceptional quality films and series to Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, Puregold CinePanalo once again strengthens its commitment to delivering world-class Filipino storytelling, not just in theaters, but in Filipino homes all over the world.
CMB Film Services, Inc., a widely recognized provider of cutting-edge lighting and camera equipment in the Philippine film and television industry, has partnered with Puregold CinePanalo in granting PhP 1,000,000 worth of equipment rental to the eight (8) selected film projects for the 2025 iteration of the festival.
The complete lineup for the upcoming 2025 Puregold CinePanalo has now been finalized, with the announcement of the twenty-five student films to be showcased at the festival under the short film category. The promising young filmmakers will each receive a P150,000 production grant.
The twenty-five student shorts will be screened alongside eight feature films at the festival proper at Gateway Cinemas from March 14 to 25, 2025.
After an arduous screening process, eight panalo finalists emerged victorious, earning a three million peso (PHP3,000,000.00) production grant and the chance to showcase their masterpieces at the 2025 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival.
Each of the eight films, together with the 25 student short films, will be screened at the 2025 Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival, which is set to run in Gateway Cinemas from March 14 to 25, 2025.
In just a year, the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival has gained prominence as one of the country’s premier film festivals, particularly among students looking to fund the short films of their dreams. Now, with less than a week until the August 15 deadline for entries, Puregold is urging students to make haste in sending their applications for a chance at a short film production grant of one hundred and fifty thousand pesos (P150,000.)